Making the Turn: Time to Revisit Our Predictions
Notre Dame, halfway through the 2017 season, has done almost as much as it could to erase the hideousness of 2016 from our collective consciousness. The visible and statistical difference between this year's team and [...]
Top 11+3+2 Poll, You Were Bad & Week 7 Preview
The bulk of our rankings remained stable through week six with the exception of a pair of delicious upsets in Ann Arbor and Norman. This has caused a little bit of shifting but the top [...]
North Carolina Review: Solid First Book Report
I was expecting a North Carolina team that, despite heavy injuries and numerous new starters from a year ago, to show up and play a tough game in front of their home crowd. You could [...]
#BookClub Meeting Adjourned: UNC Instant Reaction
Well, as we suspected most of the week, Notre Dame didn't send Brandon Wimbush out at QB this week with his foot injury that we somehow didn't know about until Tuesday. Instead, the Irish convened [...]
North Carolina Preview
For just the second time in 42 years the Fighting Irish will be invading Chapel Hill for a football game. During the 50's and 60's Notre Dame had a nice little rivalry with the Tar [...]
Uniform Concept: Campus Blue
Today we debut our 18th uniform concept and we haven't returned to a blue uniform since late June. In this example I was trying to combine two concepts. One, an overall base that worked with [...]
Top 11+2+3 Poll, You Were Bad & Week 6 Preview
In my game recap of Notre Dame's win over Miami (OH) some discussions broke out about former Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson. That got me thinking about Dat Boy Swinney and I noticed he has a [...]
Miami (OH) Review: Another Blowout Win!
For what seems like the 8th or 9th time in the Kelly era an offensive output in the first half threatened several school records only to see things slow down in the second half for [...]
Miami of Ohio Preview
Chuck is coming back. After 4 years as a Notre Dame assistant--the last 2 as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach--Chuck Martin returns to South Bend for the first time as an enemy coach. Now in [...]
Top 11+2+3 Poll, You Were Bad, & Week 5 Preview
We were really close to having 3 teams drop hard down our rankings. As it happened, a Big Ten team made a furious late-drive comeback and survived in a tough road environment. A team from [...]
MSU Review: Irish Discover Big Road Wins Again
Notre Dame came to play on Saturday night and actually put away a rival early while playing on the road. It happened and it was glorious to watch. Well, except for the long TV timeouts, [...]
Michigan State Preview
When you think back to weird games from 2016 nothing can top the circus that was the NC State game. However, don't sleep on the Michigan State game and its ridiculousness. Case in point, the [...]
Top 11+2+3 Poll, You Were Bad, & Week 4 Preview
It's our third poll since the season began and each week a new No. 1 has ascended to the top spot of our rankings. We've seen two prospective title contenders (FSU & OSU) lose early [...]
Boston College Review: A Weird Kind of Blowout
We may never see a worse blowout. We may never see a more uninteresting blowout. If neither of those statements are true at least we may never see a weirder blowout for the Fighting Irish. [...]
Boston College Preview
The Notre Dame-Boston College series only took a one year break but that game at Fenway seems forever ago. The Battle for the Ireland Trophy resumes again this Saturday in Chestnut Hill with Notre Dame's [...]
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